Historical Events In February - 26

1794  On February - 26 christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen burns down.   

1797  Bank of England issues first £1-note on this day in history.   

1797  On this day in history first ever pound note issued by the Bank of England   

1797  Bank of England issues 1st £1-note on February - 26.   

1798  On February - 26 david Thompson 1770-1857 sets off up Red River to explore headwaters of Mississippi   

1802  The birth of Victor Hugo, French novelist and playwright on February - 26.   

1802  On this day in history victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)   

1804  On February - 26 vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad   

1810  Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60 on February - 26.   

1813  Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66 on February - 26.   

1815  On this day in history napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France   

1815  On February - 26 napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the Island of Elba   

1823  John P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66 on February - 26.   

1824  Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause) on February - 26.   

1825  On February - 26 hans Balatka, composer   

1827  On this day in history david Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75   

1831  On this day in history filippo Marchetti, composer   

1832  On this day in history polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I   

1832  On February - 26 john George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer)   

1834  1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified on February - 26.   

1834  On February - 26 aleksander Zarzycki, composer   

1835  Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas) on this day in history.   

1837  Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice on February - 26.   

1838  On February - 26 rensselaer Van Rensselaer invades Pelee Island in Lake Erie with 500 American sympathizers of the Canadian rebels   

1838  Wendelin Weissheimer, composer on this day in history.   

1839  Jem Mason on Lottery wins first Grand National Steeplechase (Britain) on this day in history.   

1839  Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain) on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt)   

1842  Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy on this day in history.   

1845  Aleksander Rozycki, composer on this day in history.   

1846  The birth of William Cody, 'Buffalo Bill', the American showman on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history william F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes   

1848  2nd French Republic forms on February - 26.   

1848  Marx & Engels publish "The Communist Manifesto" on this day in history.   

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1361  Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400) was born on February - 26.   

1587  On this day in history birth of stefano Landi, Italian composer (d. 1639)   

1588  On this day in history birth of nicolaus Erich, composer   

1671  Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713) was born on February - 26.   

1672  Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757) was born on February - 26.   

1675  On February - 26 birth of johann Philipp Treiber, composer   

1677  Nicola Fago, composer was born on this day in history.   

1686  Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1076  On February - 26 death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered   

1154  Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1200  On February - 26 death of symeon, former Serbian ruler and saint   

1266  On this day in history manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies   

1324  Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies on February - 26.   

1360  Death of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328) on February - 26.   

1538  Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies on February - 26.   

1552  On this day in history death of heinrich Faber, German composer